A Wedding in Paradise

One of Nate's dearest friends got married in early May. We were so glad to be a part of their big day but also excited to have a mini-vacation. I took an extra day off of work so we could spend an extra day in paradise. We were in Ocean Reef, Florida. You need to be sponsored by a member of the club in order to enter the island/resort so it's suuuuuper safe. They give you one card that doubles as a room key and the "credit card" for anything. Literally, every restaurant, shop and bar took the room key as payment...I don't think you can really use cash much at all. It was super convenient to not have to worry about your id and credit card/cash when you were out and about.

We started our vacation playing croquet. The game itself is so fun but way more difficult than your average backyard experience. At the club where we played with the other wedding guests you have to wear all white. What a challenge for Nate but I was super excited to buy a white dress that I'd been eyeing at Anthro. Here's a picture of us in action...sort of.



We spent most of Saturday riding bikes around the island. We rode by the homes of many ridiculously fortunate people! Then we spent a bit of time in the pool area before the big event. Could you ever leave this place?



Here's us during the main event...the wedding was held just down the little path on a place called "the point."



The water surrounds the point so 3/4 of your view are water water water. So pretty and peaceful.



The happy couple...I "borrowed" this picture from Bryan...gorgeous, right?



We took a walk on the piers after the main course of the reception. Nate fell in love with every yacht he saw. I told him to keep his fingers crossed and it might just happen. He's so very literal.



We took one more picture after the brunch on Sunday before we left paradise.



Hoenstly...how could anyone be unhappy when they woke up to this gorgeous water everyday?